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¶ In Kentucky, the G.O.P. picked up one of the two Senate seats at stake this fall when John Sherman Cooper, 55, former Ambassador to India, defeated former Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby handily in their battle for the remainder of Alben Barkley's term. In the second race, where...
Kentucky: With Governor "Happy" Chandler lending only token support to Democrats, Ike and G.O.P. Senate Candidate John Sherman Cooper have slim leads. In the second Senate race, Republican Thruston Morton trails Incumbent Earle Clements. 10
Cooper's opponent for the Barkley seat is Lawrence Wetherby, also a former Kentucky governor (1950-55). But Wetherby is a lackadaisical campaigner who is also being dogged by his own governor, fellow Democrat and worst enemy, Albert Benjamin ("Happy") Chandler. Since last June, when he defeated the Clements...
Shenanigans & Sour Mash. Happy's shenanigans will probably have little effect on the Clements-Morton battle, in which even Republicans concede that Earle can more than take care of himself. But in Wetherby's case, where help is sorely needed, Happy's tactics are hurting, and Cooper...
Magnolias & Monkeyshines. Running against Morton is former Governor (1947-50) Earle Clements, 59, a shrewd, tough Democrat who has kept his fences well mended during his six years in the Senate. Even so, Clements was leaving nothing to chance. He campaigned 18 hours a day last week, allowed himself only...